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The tradecard displays an image of "Cleopatra's Needle" an obelisk that was brought to Central Park, New York in the late 1800s as a gift from Khedive Ismail Pasha of Egypt related to the opening of the Suez Canal. The 193 ton obelisk dates to the dynasty of Tuthmosis III (1504-1450 BC) . It was originally erected in the city of Heliopolis third largest city in ancient Egypt after Thebes and Memphis. The opening ceremony for the obelisk which was transported to Central Park in New York City was in 1881 around the same era as the production of the tradecard (and the manufacture and distribution of the threads). This advertisement for J & P COATS draws an analogy between the "greatness of the thread and the greatness of the ancient Egyptian monument.

Date.digital

3/3/06 JM

Source

Tradecard 7.5 cm x 12.5 cm

Format

JPEG

Language

English

Rights

No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only. This object has been digitized in a public-private partnership. As part of this partnership, the partners have agreed to limit commercial uses of this digital representation of the object by third parties. You can, without permission, copy, modify, distribute, display, or perform the digital object, for non-commercial uses. For any other permissible uses, please review the terms and conditions of the organization that has made the item available.

Digital Data

Scanned at 600 dpi TIF file on an Indus 5002 Book Scanner. From this a 300 dpi JPEG file display image was produced.

No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only. This object has been digitized in a public-private partnership. As part of this partnership, the partners have agreed to limit commercial uses of this digital representation of the object by third parties. You can, without permission, copy, modify, distribute, display, or perform the digital object, for non-commercial uses. For any other permissible uses, please review the terms and conditions of the organization that has made the item available.

Digital Data

Data was scanned at 600 dpi TIF file on an Indus 5002 Book Scanner. From this data a 300 dpi JPEG display image produced